I'm not saying it's the public's job to troubleshoot their shoddy code and develop fixes.
I'm just saying I feel it IS the public's responsibility not to make potentially dangerous information available to people with malicious intent.
I have no love for MS. I just feel everyone is better off with "Hey you morons, look at the latest exploit" instead of "Hey, general public including innumerable black hats, look at the latest exploit"
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They've already made comments like, "Windows Phone 7 will be an ad serving machine".
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/212394.asp
This will kill the potential if nothing else. Who wants one of those?
Let us know if you find the wreckage of Windows Mobile down there!
You're right, if the government ran this, we'd have huge messes every year and gas would cost $16 a gallon.
Cool, a completely new way for them to make users want to shoot themselves in the face.
the Kindle dynamic seems quite similar to the iPhone dynamic.
I don't like hearing of anything of value becoming exclusive to one format or platform, personally.
Now theirs will crash just like ours!
"If you use Safari,..."
Phew. That takes care of everyone.
I'm not saying it's the public's job to troubleshoot their shoddy code and develop fixes.
I'm just saying I feel it IS the public's responsibility not to make potentially dangerous information available to people with malicious intent.
I have no love for MS. I just feel everyone is better off with "Hey you morons, look at the latest exploit" instead of "Hey, general public including innumerable black hats, look at the latest exploit"
A general sense of moral obligation not to aid and abet criminal activity?
Of course. It was my fault because in those days I didn't know any better and I didn't do my homework.
In other words, I was like 99% of mobile consumers who today just want an iphone, or a droid.
I just wanted something I could check my corporate email and calendar on. I didn't see the bucket of water suspended above the other side of the door.
The average customer won't either, until they are locked in.
I've paid good money for this PC. Why should anyone but me decide when I relax and when I should be able to work?
So... Apple is disabling functionality until you view a forced ad... but they are doing it because they love us!
It's magical, amazing, innovative, revolutionary! Sign me up! Glittering iGeneralities make me swoon!
Based on my previous experience with Windows Mobile, it's probably made out of the shattered pieces of my soul and an ocean of my tears.
That would explain why your spellcheck never ran.
Rumor has it any mention of chair-throwing will cause your email to shut down for a 3-hour cooling off period.
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Lighten up, Francis
It will randomly display inspiring images and cultural anecdotes from mao's "Little Red Book"
And it will be for sale on a website named something like "yoyophones23.com" for $19.99 (allow 4 weeks for shipping)
I bet China's Android consumers get 2.1 before AT&T refugees like myself do
Damn you Trebek!
I think you could get a subsidy if you wanted to slum around on T-Mobile, actually.
No, iPhone consumers don't want to look at the phone in store. Mostly they don't even care what it does, they just want an iPhone.